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[Thomas Mashos <tgm4883@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thank you for helping to improve Mythbuntu by opening this ticket.   I
am marking this ticket as confirmed because it appears to have enough
information to help the developers understand the problem.  It is
possible I am wrong and another more experienced triager or developer
may adjust the status of the ticket to "incomplete" and request
additional information.

** Changed in: mythbuntu
   Importance: Undecided => Low

** Changed in: mythbuntu
       Status: New => Confirmed

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mythvideo assumes passwd db is local
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/511858
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Status in Mythbuntu, Ubuntu derivative focused upon MythTV: Confirmed

Bug description:
The /etc/cron.hourly/mythvideo jamu script assumes the mythtv user is stored in /etc/passwd. An easy change will support any configured passwd backend (ldap, nis etc):

# diff -u /etc/cron.hourly/mythvideo.orig /etc/cron.hourly/mythvideo
--- /etc/cron.hourly/mythvideo.orig	2010-01-24 02:27:13.866426860 -0800
+++ /etc/cron.hourly/mythvideo	2010-01-24 02:29:23.486429345 -0800
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 #Hourly massive update to ensure users see graphics coming in for upcoming recordings and current recordings
-DIRECTORY=$(grep ^mythtv /etc/passwd | awk -F : '{print $6}')
+DIRECTORY=$(getent passwd mythtv | cut -d':' -f6)
 if [ -f "$DIRECTORY/.mythtv/config.xml" ]; then
     su mythtv -c "/usr/bin/python /usr/share/mythtv/mythvideo/scripts/jamu.py -MW >> '/var/log/mythtv/jamu.log'"
 fi

Mythbuntu 9.10 / 0.22.0+fixes22594-0ubuntu1